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Every Light Was On: Bill Harrah and His Clubs Remembered

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Every Light Was On: Bill Harrah and His Clubs Remembered

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University of Nevada Oral History Program

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Gaming industry, gambling, William Harrah, Harrah’s Clubs, Lake Tahoe, Golden Hotel, Harrah Automobile Collection
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University of Nevada Oral History Program
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unroralhistory; additional_collections
Language
English
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Transcripts of interviews in the University of Nevada Oral History Archive are copyrighted materials. They may be downloaded and/or printed for personal reference and educational use, but not sold or used in commercial products without permission.
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Every Light Was On is the story of Bill Harrah and his clubs as remembered by twenty former employees and two women who were married to him. Harrah’s rise in the world of gaming began in 1946 when he went deeply into debt to become the sole owner and operator of a casino that he named Harrah’s Reno Club. He soon ventured out by building another Harrah’s Club in Tahoe and forming the world-famous Harrah Automobile Collection. This set of memories is both an exploration of a singular personality and a detailed account of how Harrah’s Clubs became the standard by which all other gaming properties were judged. The combined memories of the twenty-two chroniclers whose stories are recorded here go far beyond painting a graphic picture of Bill Harrah and his clubs; they provide remarkable insight into fifty years of extraordinary change in Reno, Lake Tahoe, and Nevada’s gaming industry.  

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Oral history transcripts from the University of Nevada Oral History Program are derived from interviews recorded between 1964 and 2014. The archive is housed and managed in Special Collections in the University of Nevada, Reno Libraries. Original audio recordings of most interviews are available for research purposes upon request. High-resolution copies of photographs from transcripts can also be requested from Special Collections.Inquiries about the University of Nevada Oral History Archive may be addressed to UNR Special Collections (specoll@unr.edu, 775-682-5665).

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2018-07-02 20:52:00
Date-digital
2012
Identifier
EveryLightWasOnHarrahs
Identifier-ark
ark:/13960/t0jt6n874
Interview-date
1997-1998
Interviewee
Begovich, Milos "Sharkey", 1926-2002; Caselli, James Donald, 1936-2009; Codega, Dolores Loree, 1924-2001; Curtis, Mark, 1921-1998; DeLauer, Lee K., 1925-2007; Diullo, Eugene, 1913-2007; Drews, George, 1930-; Dyer, Joan, 1938-; Dyer, Lloyd T., 1927-; Evans, Eugene Thomas, 1920-2001; Fanelli, Joseph George, 1918-1998; Gianotti, John, 1928-; Harrah, Scherry, 1926-2000; Harrah, Verna Rae, 1944-2012; Hendrickson, Holmes, 1933-; McLennan, Russell M., 1936-2003; Orlich, Dan, 1924-; Sheppard, Maurice Francis, 1917-1997; Snyder, Joseph Jackson, 1927-; Wade, Cindy A., 1939-; Wade, E. Clyde, 1940-; Wessel, Edwin J., 1934-
Interviewer
Kling, Dwayne, 1929-
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300
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